Hi, about one in ten people get a reaction to injectable cortisone that is the result, as I understand it, of the cortisone crystallizing. The effects can be reduced somewhat by getting ice on the...
Morphine, in the form of Embeda. With IR Morphine for BT. Truthfully I wasn't sure what was going to happen when I told her that Nucynta just doesn't even come close to cutting it. That I'm having a...
I think they chose Nucynta to start with largely because I do have nerve pain which has been hard to treat as so amny of the meds for it have had horrid side effects for me. I lucked out on the...
Hello all. A little over two months ago my new PM Dr changed me from MS Contin with oxycodone for BT to Nucynta ER and IR. The first week of month 1 was eaten up getting ins approval and having...
Hi, some people have triggers, some don't. Common ones are anything that normally causes motion sickness. I would recommed NOT riding in the back of a car, and if you have to be the passenger keep...
Hi, i had some therapy for carpal tunnel, called cold laser therapy. I was sure I was headed for surgery, but it did the trick. No idea if they use it for cubutial tunnel as well, but there is pretty...
So sorry you've been hit with this monster of a problem. For most people attacks last no longer than a few hours. At some point you will figure out what your triggers are and be able to get meds down...
Technically your supervisor cannot even ask you 'how do you feel today' under HIPPA, much less ask specifics about your medical condition. If you are in a company large enough to have an HR...
I am type 2 diabetic and have been down with a stomach virus for over a week. I understand the concept of eating low carb and all, but what the heck are you supposed to do when you are having trouble...
Yes, it's a replacement for the gabapentin. I get swelling in the feet and hands with higher doses of gabapentin and could not tolerate lyrica at all. Right now I'm only able to eat a little without...
Hello I am new to this forum, but not chronic pain. Spent 3 yrs in "interventional" pain management practice getting cortisone shot everywhere with only negative effects, hello type 2 diabetes, 5 yrs...